Video: Campaigning for injured workers
Unions launched a platform to campaign on Injured Workers Day (1 June), for injured workers to create visibility for themselves, receive recognition for their experiences…
Work
Major employer organisation leads push to slash pay and work conditions
Contributed by Joe Montero Employer’s organisations have been busy using the Coronavirus crisis, as a screen to push forward an industrial relations agenda, which promises…
Newly unemployed Australians ‘harassed and threatened’ by job agencies
Cait Kelly and Christiane Barro write (The New Daily 5 May 2020), about harassment being faced by those who have lost their job because of…
Virus unemployment higher than expected and many are missing out on help
Contributed by Ben Wilson The number of unemployed in Australia have spiked during the coronavirus lockdown. This is no surprise. Treasury had estimated that unemployment…
JobKeeper is not a wage subsidy for workers
Contributed by Jim Hayes Just what is wrong with the JobKeeper Allowance? Mostly, that it is not really a subsidy to provide income for those…
Video: Watch this If you’re on an enterprise agreement
This is a message to everyone from the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Sally McManus. The Morrison government is using the difficult situation we…
Visa workers have been condemned to serious poverty
Contributed by Ben Wilson Echoing the words of the Prime minister last Friday, Minister Alan Tudge, effectively told temporary visa holders o go home yesterday,…
At last Morrison goes a little in the right direction
Contributed by Joe Montero It’s a start. The Morrison government has at last made some positive moves, on a scale that might have some effect….
Video: Unions go for paid Covid-19 leave for permanent and casual workers
The Australian Council of trade Unions (ACTU) is leading the union movement in pursuing two weeks leave paid by employers, arguing that it is their…
Wages not rising largely because of rising casual and insecure work
Contributed by Adam Carlton Last week’s new ABS figures continue the gloomy outlook for the Australian economy, and especially for the prospects of an improvement…
